conduct your research, organize your findings and present your research. As you view the presentations in your small groups you will compare and contrast your findings; you will also summarize the most important findings from each presentation in your group.
Seeds:
Select 5 different seeds from the options provided. Tape each seed to your paper. Write down the plant this seed will grow into, then record 5 qualitative and 3 quantitative observations for each seed (40 total observations)
Read about seeds and complete the worksheet:
conduct the germination activity:
design a companion planting section for your garden bed and plant the seeds. Be sure to acurately record the location of each plot and the date of the planting.
Select an item for further research, conduct your research and present your findings.
The Bee Movie (animated feature film). View the video and complete the worksheet:
monocot dicot comparison collage - locate 30 pictures from the magazines in class, make a collage on the poster paper provided, label each picture as monocot or dicot and EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNOW based on the image.
GMO research (lesson from pbs.org)
Working with your group, jigsaw the following sites to find out the steps for how genetic engineering is done. Use the "What is Genetic Engineering?" handout (PDF file) to organize your note taking.
FILM CLIP: “From Seed to the Supermarket” (length 9:50) The clip begins at 1:06:12 with a shot of a sunrise over a farm and ends at 1:16:02 with the on-screen text: “Monsanto declined to be interviewed for this film.”
As a group, summarize your findings on GMOs and create a learning document to share with the class.
Individually, think about how the quote provided applies to genetically-modified foods, then do a 5 minute quick write "Your scientists were so pre-occupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." (Jurassic Park 1993)
Flexbook chapter on Plant Biology read the entire selection, complete all critical thinking questions embedded in the readings and do the problems at the end of the chapter
Bill Nye on Plants p1
Bill Nye on Plants P2Edibles:
conduct your research, organize your findings and present your research. As you view the presentations in your small groups you will compare and contrast your findings; you will also summarize the most important findings from each presentation in your group.
Seeds:
Read about seeds and complete the worksheet:
conduct the germination activity:
Conduct the imbibed seed dissections:
design a companion planting section for your garden bed and plant the seeds. Be sure to acurately record the location of each plot and the date of the planting.
Cooking: choose from toasting sunflower/ pumpkin seeds or making candied pralines/ almonds
Popcorn: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/how-stuff-works-popcorn.html
Bees:
read the handout with a partner and answer the questionsSilence of the Bees view the video in its entirety; complete the implication wheel on the scientific process
Bee Killer
Read the worksheet and color it pretty. Write 4 questions (on the back of the sheet) for futher research based on the reading
Read the worksheet and color it pretty.View: the waggle dance and Bee Communication Waggle Dance Test
Write 4 questions (on the back of the sheet) for futher research based on the reading and video
Select an item for further research, conduct your research and present your findings.
The Bee Movie (animated feature film). View the video and complete the worksheet:
pollinator project (short)
angiosperms and pollinators
view the video on making taffy; we will make HONEY TAFFY in class!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZjp522yMI8
Classifying plants
monocot dicot comparison collage - locate 30 pictures from the magazines in class, make a collage on the poster paper provided, label each picture as monocot or dicot and EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNOW based on the image.
herb and spice report
view:
Top 10 Herbs and Spices - ABC news
Essential Herbs and Spices for your first Kitchen
potatos
video (7m): Potato history and notes: botany of desireview: Botany of Desire from minutes 1:23 to the end
History of potatos
Cooking with Potatos:
16 kinds of potatos photo journal
Cook's thesaurus: potatos
types of potatos and how to cook 'em
How to hill potatos watch this video, then follow the links at the bottom to other clips on growing potatos
GMO research (lesson from pbs.org)
Working with your group, jigsaw the following sites to find out the steps for how genetic engineering is done. Use the "What is Genetic Engineering?" handout (PDF file) to organize your note taking.
Read: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_corn.html and complete the GMO pro/con worksheet
FILM CLIP: “From Seed to the Supermarket” (length 9:50) The clip begins at 1:06:12 with a shot of a sunrise over a farm and ends at 1:16:02 with the on-screen text: “Monsanto declined to be interviewed for this film.”
Video : Harvest of Fear (frontline and nova special)
As a group, summarize your findings on GMOs and create a learning document to share with the class.
Individually, think about how the quote provided applies to genetically-modified foods, then do a 5 minute quick write "Your scientists were so pre-occupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." (Jurassic Park 1993)
Monoculture Information
http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/m/monoculture.htm
Plant Parts:
Flexbook chapter on Plant Biology read the entire selection, complete all critical thinking questions embedded in the readings and do the problems at the end of the chaptercurrent articles reviews:
sites that might be useful:
sciencenews.org
nytimes.com/learning/
realscience.org.uk
scholastic.com
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
you can also watch video shorts from http://www.ted.com/themes/food_matters.html